Paul Gibbs describes himself as ‘a jovial type of guy’ so it was a case of chalk and cheese when he walked into the Barnsley dressing room in 2002 and met Alex Neil, who he jokingly referred to as a miserable old git. The pair eventually hit it off – and Norfolk-born Gibbs is a big admirer of the City manager’s ethics.

It’s barely six years since Norwich City versus Southampton was a League One fixture. Through canny Carrow Road appointments and recruitment, plus a hefty points deduction for administration down at St Mary’s, only the first of those two clubs made an immediate return to the second tier.

What a sad day Tuesday was when the news broke that Brazilian League One club Chapecoense had lost nearly all their playing and coaching staff when their airplane crashed just before it landed at Medellin airport in Columbia.